# escotar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kuˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.koˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.koˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Etymology 1

From escot (“an individual's share of the cost”) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotí, past participle escotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to pay one's share of the cost

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Uncertain, but possibly from cota (“coat of arms”), from the resemblance of the shape of early décolletage to the shape of the bottom of a coat of arms.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kuˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.koˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.koˈtaɾ]

#### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotí, past participle escotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to make clothing with décolletage that shows cleavage
* to wear clothing with décolletage that shows cleavage
* to remove the top portion of one's clothing
    Synonym: espitregar-se

##### Derived terms

* escot (“décolletage, cleavage”)

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Catalan escotar, or directly from Old French escot (“payment”); from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɔˈtaɾ/

#### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)
* to pay one's share of the cost

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* escote

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese escotar, already documented in the 13th century. Perhaps from cota (“chainmail”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskɔˈtaɾ/

#### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)
* to make low-cut clothing

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* escote

### Etymology 3

Either from coto (“stump”), or from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną (“shoot”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskoˈtaɾ/

#### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escotei, past participle escotado)
* to trim; to prune; to cut out the tip of a plant
    Synonym: espodar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* acotar (“to trim”)
* coto (“stump”)
* decotar (“to trim”)
* escote

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escotar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escotar (vestido)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escotar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escotar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “acotar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* escoutar (Mistralian spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskuˈta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

escotar
* to listen

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskoˈtaɾ/ [es.koˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧co‧tar

### Verb

escotar (first-person singular present escoto, first-person singular preterite escoté, past participle escotado)
* (transitive) to make low-cut clothing
* (intransitive) to pay one's share of the cost

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* escotadura
* escote

### Further reading

* “escotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10